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> There may be no word for this trend in the English language. But there is one in Japanese: gekokujo.

Isn't the word "mutiny"?




More like coup d'état, or an underdog victory. Author doesn't seem to be using it right, since this would be an actual shift in power, rather than a failed insurgency (as in OP).


Or insubordination.




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